Book of Joshua
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- noun
- Literature
- If so, why does the book of Joshua provide such a different account, one of outside conquest by means of a war led by the hosts of the Lord?
Examples
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But there is actually historical core for, for a lot of these texts, like the book of Judges, book of Joshua, chronicles, kings, those sorts of things.
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The entire book of Joshua is only a slight variation of this portrait of a God of murderous cruelty.
Academic text (1998) -
In the Book of Joshua, Joshua leads the Israelites across the Jordan River into Canaan.
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The Book of Joshua describes the dramatic fall of the walls of Jericho.
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Many believe that the lessons from the Book of Joshua are relevant to modern faith practices.
Synonyms
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A book in the Bible that tells how the Israelites entered Canaan under their leader after Moses
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The Book of Joshua in some Bible translations, often in Spanish or French
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a book about/attributed to Joshua' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'book' (a bound set of pages) with the genitive/of construction and the proper name 'Joshua'. This possessive/nominal pattern (Book of X) is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
The Book of Joshua is named for Joshua, the leader who took the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses died. Because the book mostly tells what Joshua did, its name became the title for that part of the 'Old Testament'.